Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The human race; humankind.
- noun Men as opposed to women.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The human race; men collectively.
- noun The masculine division of humanity; men, as distinguished from women.
- noun Human kindness; humanity.
- Resembling man, not woman, in form or nature; unwomanly; masculine; coarse; bold.
- Of virile power; strong; ferocious; furious.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Obs Manlike; not womanly; masculine; bold; cruel.
- noun The human race; man, taken collectively.
- noun Men, as distinguished from women; the male portion of human race.
- noun Obs Human feelings; humanity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
human race in itsentirety . - noun All male
men as opposed to allwomen .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
Etymologies
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Examples
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The rule and the subordination which is essential to the existence of the family, God made commensurate with mankind; for _mankind is only the congeries of families_.
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And as you _admonish_ me for suggesting that God originally designed death for the good of mankind you cannot be consistent with yourself, as I can see, without believing that God originally designed death for a _damage_ to _mankind_.
A Series of Letters in Defence of Divine Revelation Hosea Ballou 1811
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II. iii.67 (297,2) [A mankind witch:] A _mankind_ woman, is yet used in the midland counties, for a woman violent, ferocious, and mischievous.
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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“The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.”
A largely spoiler-free review of “Battlestar Galactica” prequel “Caprica” 2009
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“The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.”
Goodbye Khan 2009
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You believe mankind is stupid and fallible and that America will destroy itself in a bloody mess.
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Although I agree that mankind is stupid and fallible, the rest probably doesn't accurately reflect anything, as the latter aren't among my choices.
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Once humans discovered it (in 1999), they rebuilt it with surplus metal, repainted it in primary colors and accidentally took it for a two-year joyride, proving that mankind is in fact the white trash of the galaxy.
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I ended my conversation with Marco by asking which he thought would come first: mankind is conquered by robots of our own design, or the U.S. wins the World Cup?
What do the Dutch think of the U.S. national team? Box Seats blogger 2010
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If the ancient prophecies and the 2012 doomsday Planet X hypothesis will soon unfold, mankind is facing a future full of dire prospects.
Planet-x.com.au » 2012 Doomsday Planet X – Is The End Of The World Here | Your Guide … 2010
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